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Drat. Should have looked at that telemetry before turning in last night! Now I am stuck at work, staring forlornly at nice blue patches on the webcams, and you're almost certainly right that it'll be glop tomorrow.
We were also there Saturday, taking a run first down Kante to just past the gunmount and then back up to do Intl., which was good but we got nailed by that same visibility drop there, which cut into the fun a little bit but the snow was definitely nice.
We were also there Saturday, taking a run first down Kante to just past the gunmount and then back up to do Intl., which was good but we got nailed by that same visibility drop there, which cut into the fun a little bit but the snow was definitely nice.
A great time to return to the West Cady Ballfield -- and become a human snowball on the way back down -- Great entertaining shots Chris!
What a difference a day (or 2) makes. We skied Alpental Saturday morning, a day before Greg and 2 days before MW8. Took the same route up chair 1 & 2. At the top we found 12 inches of very dry sugar snow, surprisingly well bonded to the rain crust below. Dropped into International which was even deeper and excellent. Super fast dry snow. We should have just lapped it over and over because it was so good, but our destination was Pineapple Basin. By the time we got out there the visibility was...
Nice work! I did a similar adventure last week before work. Sometimes in these days of kids it is the only way to make turns and get the dog some exercise.
4 o' clock comes quickly especially when you can not sleep do to that condition known as powder dreamin'.
Cheers!
4 o' clock comes quickly especially when you can not sleep do to that condition known as powder dreamin'.
Cheers!
Apart from the post-Snowbash hangover, fun times! ;D
Heya Greg- sorry I missed you guys today, I think ;) Glad to hear the ski down was better than expected.
What a change in snow conditions since yesterday...I ended up hitting the lifts with my telegear over at Snoq. in the rain this afternoon (felt like I really needed to start getting some use out of the season's pass)...wasn't too bad actually (soft wet-pack), downpour notwithstanding.
What a change in snow conditions since yesterday...I ended up hitting the lifts with my telegear over at Snoq. in the rain this afternoon (felt like I really needed to start getting some use out of the season's pass)...wasn't too bad actually (soft wet-pack), downpour notwithstanding.
Brenda and I were there on Sat also - and yes the single ride pass is still 10 bucks, we took full advantage. After a frustrating detour to Paradise, we headed to White Pass along with several other groups of Paradise refugees. We too skied this bowl but on the second run continued up towards Hogback Mt and skied into the bowl just the other side of the rock in your photos, a ways down into the trees, then made a traverse below and past the rock to climb back out and head home. Great snow. I too...
I wish we'd known about the hiking ticket! Oh well. What a great place to tour - you're lucky it's so close! Not too far either coming from Portland. Will send a note when we come up there next.
rob, did you know that wp sells a one ride lift ticket for hikers. It's right around $10. It has been available for quite a few years unless they have changed the policy this year, and i doubt that. The shot in your photo with the big rock berg is First Bowl it stays protected from the winds and is much quicker to get to than Hogback Peak. I lapped it sat. with some of the best snow in years over the knees in the bowl on a crust that was so minimal you wouldn't have known...
Not in the "know" scotsman but I made a go at it as well. I was also peaved w/ their answer at entrance. What got my goat was the fact that wehn i called the phone msg line for road and weather cond. at 7am (reasonably late if you ask me) The recording was still from friday @ 2. This is unacceptable imo. Twould not be suprised if it all leads back to BUDGET....but the park staff can't comment on that >:( I hope someone gets to kill it when the gat...
Break it in! Yah, sounds like the ski area has been absolutely packed to the brim.
Now that was some good Act-shon. Thanks to Wheep-A for organizing the entourage. Nice way to grease the groove in terms of getting the winter a started. I am totally sold on the dawn patrol phenomena.
Look forward to an even larger posse in the coming weeks.
J
Look forward to an even larger posse in the coming weeks.
J
wipe, Carter and J. sorry to missed you guys. my excuse was traffic... ;)
way to ski it down to the base all week guys!!! ;)
Those skiers in the video need some help. Nice poacher shot, though.
It wasn't turns but it sure was nice to do some fast shussing. A nordic tour is very good for the lungs and soul every once in a while. Plus the skinny skis are always good for testing one's balance in the diagonal stride!
Seems like the little clear cuts on the north sides have really grown in. I remember learning and teaching myself tele in them some time ago. They need a deep snowpack now to cover the regrowth enough to link any significant turns.
Seems like the little clear cuts on the north sides have really grown in. I remember learning and teaching myself tele in them some time ago. They need a deep snowpack now to cover the regrowth enough to link any significant turns.
Actually Ron,
The silver lining part of the message I sent you guys refered to the fact that I crashed so much that day that I seem to have repaired my sore knees 8) (although the photo is a little silver) Anyway fun day, good to see you Gus and co. Sorry you were trapped holding the bag there Scotty ;).....Jerry
The silver lining part of the message I sent you guys refered to the fact that I crashed so much that day that I seem to have repaired my sore knees 8) (although the photo is a little silver) Anyway fun day, good to see you Gus and co. Sorry you were trapped holding the bag there Scotty ;).....Jerry
Daniel and Skip (and others)
Depending on weather, I could do a dawn patrol or all day Friday.
Way to get the goods there Cass.
Jessica
Depending on weather, I could do a dawn patrol or all day Friday.
Way to get the goods there Cass.
Jessica
Sorry I missed you guys - 6:20 would have left me with about 2 hours of sleep. I started skinning at about 11:00 AM, followed a nice skin track up lower International to a little above the saddle, where it abruptly ended. Broke trail up Upper International in the fog which was quite laborious - not-even-close-to-wall-to-wall skins on Teledaddies would lose traction suddenly if angle got too steep or edges found harder snow below (cut for 84mm waist R:EX's) which made smashing my knee into the sh...
Let's see how the weather goes - they're talking 9000' freezing level and rain the next couple of days.
Nice work, guys. Anyone up for another patrol this Friday?
Nice nice! I'm so, so pleased I couldn't pull it off this morning. Fine work, all.
Scotty, you seem to be a never-ending source of humorous posts. Keep it up -- good grins :)
Posted a couple more pics here just to show conditions.
Here's another that JW took he calls "Silver Lining":
Posted a couple more pics here just to show conditions.
Here's another that JW took he calls "Silver Lining":
We skied Wildcatz yesterday and had a blast. No other lines on the run and an easy skin to the top plus tracks to get back to the lodge.
Not bad for Nov 6th. My partner and I wished for bigger boards though.
Double diamond runs are sweet on days like Sunday.
Not bad for Nov 6th. My partner and I wished for bigger boards though.
Double diamond runs are sweet on days like Sunday.
...it's about 35 degree slope and prone to small slides. It's no where near 45 degress...
Mmmm, ok. I measure the steepest feature large enough to slide, and I remember this rollover at 45 degrees. Of course, the slope as a whole is less steep. I'll check next time I'm up.
Here's one from Saturday... I have no idea who this is (just someone poaching our line ;-) )
I hardly took my camcorder out Saturday because it was snowing so hard... and I just didn't want to fiddle around in the middle of a run - felt better just to board down non-stop in an orgasmic cloud of dust...
I did put some shots from Sunday here:
http://www.splitboard.net/talk/viewtopic.php?t=1648
I did put some shots from Sunday here:
http://www.splitboard.net/talk/viewtopic.php?t=1648
I dunno about this. I skied lots of little 40 degree slopes today, alone and without fear (though not without caution). As I recollect, the rollover in the photo is about 45 degrees steepness: maybe even steeper early in the season when the slope isn't filled in. That alone is enough to give pause....even if you didn't know that there was an avalanche fatality very near there a couple of years ago, and another just up the hill. Both were on small slopes s...
I was out on Sat. morning with a friend; we were up the Blueberry cat-track just a short ways before we heard of the slide. Me and another person used our radios to get in touch with ski patrol. I was a little amazed at the rumor mill about this slide--there were reports of a broken femur, that he had been buried 15-20 minutes, etc. I was glad to hear he made it out all right.
After all that excitement, we went on to have a heck of weekend skiing off of Pan-Dome. Nothing new to report on...
After all that excitement, we went on to have a heck of weekend skiing off of Pan-Dome. Nothing new to report on...
after not skiing for 1.5 years due to an injury this was a great return to freshiez land. (actually the doctor had said i could go lift skiing last year but there was no lift skiing and lift skiing sucks anyway.)
lots of people who post on this board had offered kind words during that difficult time and i'd like to thank you all for your encouragement and aver that i am, officially, back in the saddle. :D
lots of people who post on this board had offered kind words during that difficult time and i'd like to thank you all for your encouragement and aver that i am, officially, back in the saddle. :D
Thanks for the snow report Mad Dog. It's just great to have so much snow to evaluate. ;D
I was grounded by my wife on Sunday or else I'd have been there. As I was dragged around the stores I kept telling her that Ron, Jerry and Jeanette will be up there!
She told me to save my energy for clearing dog poop of the lawn when I got back from holding her handbag. ;D
Next time! 8)
I was grounded by my wife on Sunday or else I'd have been there. As I was dragged around the stores I kept telling her that Ron, Jerry and Jeanette will be up there!
She told me to save my energy for clearing dog poop of the lawn when I got back from holding her handbag. ;D
Next time! 8)
I was nice to see Gusk and company at Paradise, we exchanged a few ideas on our intended destinations. Winter has certainly arrived in the PNW with Paradise getting a coating of snow that just about tops what was there last season. Last Sunday there was 5 inches on the ground, this Sunday 57 inches! With the Longmire gate opening at 10:45 we took advantage of the wait and did some beacon search practice to fill the time.
Ron, Jerry, Darryl, and I decided to spend a little tim...
Ron, Jerry, Darryl, and I decided to spend a little tim...
I mainly went around the rocks and brush. Generally, however, I'd say that above the fan, the coverage is as you'd expect mid-winter. Below there, there's lots of twigs and sticks jutting from beneath the snow, and rocks and lumps under the snow ready to grab your unsuspecting skis. It's skiable, and fun, but with the really heavy snow I'd say it's not lift worthy yet.
Here's a pic of A'tal one month ago when I hiked to the top, and today, when I skied there.
Here's a pic of A'tal one month ago when I hiked to the top, and today, when I skied there.
hey guys, seems like it was a great day! nice photos too, cass...i could almost feel the face shots through the computer screen! ;)
Good lesson that nothing can be considered safe, under 5 feet of fresh...
I dunno about this. I skied lots of little 40 degree slopes today, alone and without fear (though not without caution). As I recollect, the rollover in the photo is about 45 degrees steepness: maybe even steeper early in the season when the slope isn't filled in. That alone is enough to give pause....even if you didn't know that there was an avalanche fatality very n...
whoa, when I heard "Table Mountain" I thought you'd have to be an idiot to hit Table in these conditions. However this little release, nowhere near Table, would have caught me by surprise too. Good lesson that nothing can be considered safe, under 5 feet of fresh...
Hey Jason,
Thanks for the report. I'm curious, what was the coverage like? Hitting rocks and brush?
-Gus
Thanks for the report. I'm curious, what was the coverage like? Hitting rocks and brush?
-Gus
Kris, Phuong, and I arrived on the scene shortly after the avalanche occurred. We did not witness the avalanche or the burial. We were informed of the burial by other skiers in the area. Kris skied down to the parking lot to get assistance from Mt. Baker Ski Patrol.
Phuong and I worked our way down to the burial site. The victim had been located using avalanche transceivers and probes, and was unburied by the time I arrived at the scene. Two of the vic...
Phuong and I worked our way down to the burial site. The victim had been located using avalanche transceivers and probes, and was unburied by the time I arrived at the scene. Two of the vic...
hahaha... imagine their dismay when they make the first chair to the top, and see that it's all mysteriously tracked out already. ;D
Oh wait, it's snowing another 2 feet before opening, nevermind!
ps. you are the avy control. tracked out = layers neutralized to some extent (as far as I understand)
Oh wait, it's snowing another 2 feet before opening, nevermind!
ps. you are the avy control. tracked out = layers neutralized to some extent (as far as I understand)
The slide was just outside of the backcountry gate off the Blueberry cat track. We were stopped on our way up the cat track by a patroller asking us to stay in-bounds and telling us about the burial (and happily, the recovery). We asked about what they had been doing in-bounds with regards to snow stability and control - and the reply was 'nothing' -- so, the whole ski area is effectively backcountry right now (except that after the hoards there on Saturday big chunks of potentially...
Is Blueberry Chutes over the back side, out of bounds, near the top of the Blueberry cat track? I was there in the chutes amidst the trees on Friday the 4th with minimal soft powder sloughing in the top few inches. It didn't appear to be dangerous there. There was no wind loading or slabbing in that sheltered location. I'm surprised to see that with only a few more inches on top of what I was on there was such a release. Maybe the location was a little different, or...
I was the first one down Double Diamond (up Tye Mill) Sat. and it was sweet. It had to be that steep to make good turns in the deep heavy snow. Made a second run down Wild Katz that was just as good - caught some face shots on the 1st day of the season! Hope it is a portent of things to come. We said we were going to stop to take some pictures on Wild Katz but the powder called and we just couldn't stop. ;D
Thanks for the report and the pics, Phil.
We'll look for your skin track ;)
We'll look for your skin track ;)
I wasn't there, Gary, but the word from Silver Basin was the snow was too deep for the terrain. It was apparently light and relatively stable, however. I guess if you have to have a problem...